"pltrgyst" > wrote in message
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> On 11/18/13 6:17 PM, Julie Bove wrote:
>
>> But nothing can hold a candle to Washington wine!
>
> We have had perhaps two wines from the state of Washington that we thought
> were worth drinking. Ditto for Oregon.

Have you tried Chateau St. Michelle? Good stuff!
>
> The wine industry in Washington is weird. Most grapes are grown east of
> the mountains, and most wine is produced west of the mountains. When you
> go visiting wineries around Seattle, you spend most of your time in
> industrial parks, with nary a vine in sight. For the most part, the WA
> industry believes that people cannot be expert in both growing grapes and
> making wine, which runs counter to the attitude in most wine producing
> areas.

I've only been to the Woodinville wineries but some are in an industrial
park. That's true.